Beretta 85BB .380

[DoggyDaddy]

My experience with Classic is they send you scrap iron in spite of the narrative and video of superb guns. Crooks, never again.

Pretty sweet, I just had a horrid experience with them on a 9mm Beretta. Had to send it back was like pulling teeth. Much misrepresented.

I guess I've been lucky. I hear a lot of horror stories but I've been happy with everything I've gotten from them. (knock wood)

This is the Beretta model 81 (32 acp) that I got from them awhile back, and I didn't choose hand select.

 

[BiscuitsandGravy]

Heard of a LGS in north central IN that will not accept any shipments from Classic so there must be something to these stories. YMMV.

TGIF INGO!

 

[4651feeder]

Yea and I heard there's a large LGS in Mishawaka that charges $75 to do a transfer on Classic Guns.
Wait...just been told they charge that for all transfers, disregard.

 

[russc2542]

My own experience with classic (2 or 3 guns) was good but lots of griping in the facebook group with picture examples so I don't doubt how bad some are. The way they do it is rather lottery/crap-shoot ish. It could be done better than paying an average price and sometimes you get a much better gun, sometimes much worse. CMP sorts, grades, and appropriately prices M1s for example.

 

[way2good4u95]

Got my wood grips in today

 

[Beowulf]

You know, I had been thinking about getting one of these and having the barrel threaded, but now that I know I can convert my 81, maybe I'll just buy some mags and a threaded barrel (well, maybe ones the ammo drought has expired, since I have a good supply of .32, but not much in the way of .380 and I don't have the dies or bullets to reload either caliber right now).

Here's a good break down I found of the parts interchangeability for these:

Beretta Forum - View Single Post - 2.1 Beretta 81 Series (Cheetah) Pistols

For individuals interested in Beretta Firearms and the shooting sports.

berettaforum.net

I did find this place for threaded barrels:

Shop - Allegheny Arms & Gun Works

alleghenyarms.com

 

[DoggyDaddy]

You know, I had been thinking about getting one of these and having the barrel threaded, but now that I know I can convert my 81, maybe I'll just buy some mags and a threaded barrel (well, maybe ones the ammo drought has expired, since I have a good supply of .32, but not much in the way of .380 and I don't have the dies or bullets to reload either caliber right now).

I've been seeing .380 show up pretty regularly online, but it still isn't cheap. Then again, it was only "cheap" for a very brief period. Never could figure out why it was always more expensive than 9mm (like nearly double if not more). Guessing it's a volume thing.

 

[Beowulf]

I've been seeing .380 show up pretty regularly online, but it still isn't cheap. Then again, it was only "cheap" for a very brief period. Never could figure out why it was always more expensive than 9mm (like nearly double if not more). Guessing it's a volume thing.

I think you are right. By all rights, it should be the same or even less expensive than 9mm, but I guess it's more of a demand thing. I'm down to a single .380 at this point, my Glock 42, so I haven't bothered to keep a huge stockpile on hand, just a handful of boxes of target ammo and a few boxes of defensive ammo.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I think you are right. By all rights, it should be the same or even less expensive than 9mm, but I guess it's more of a demand thing. I'm down to a single .380 at this point, my Glock 42, so I haven't bothered to keep a huge stockpile on hand, just a handful of boxes of target ammo and a few boxes of defensive ammo.

I've only got a few old pistols in .380, so I don't keep a lot on hand either. I've got a Husqvarna 1907, a Mauser HSc, Browning 10/71, and a CZ-24.

 

[4651feeder]

Just picked up another handgun that shipped in from Classic this week, guess I should go knock on wood and not tempt fate again (at least for awhile). In any event they met expectations on both occasions.